World Cup:

Group A:
Czech Republic 0 – 3 Mexico (June 24)

Group B:
Switzerland 2 – 1 Canada (June 24)

Group C:
Scotland 0 – 3 Brazil (June 24)

Group F:
Japan 1 – 1 Sweden (June 25)

Mexico, Canada and Japan advance.

Mortonalia: Morton were scheduled to play a friendly against Civil Service Strollers today, but it has been cancelled.

Michael Garrity has signed on for another year. He’s now the longest-serving member of the squad, having started in 2021. Aaron Comrie and Owen Moffat have left the club. 21-year-old defender Laiith Fairnie has signed up. And midfielder Harry Cochrane, formerly of Hearts, Dunfermline, Montrose, Queen of the South and Arbroath.

Other matches:
HFX Wanderers 5 – 3 Pacific (yesterday) Halifax goals by Arilla, Johnston and Ciccarelli, plus two own goals. Pacific are having a dreadful season.
St Pauli vs AFC Bournemouth (training match) (yesterday)
Invergordon [0 – 7] Ross County XI (friendly)
Queen of the South [0 – 1] Connah’s Quay Nomads (friendly)
Sauchie Juniors [2 – 3] Port Glasgow Juniors (friendly)
Calgary Wild [0 – 1] Halifax Tides [Goal by Miller.]
Sapporo University Goal Plunderers [0 – 6] Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth (tomorrow)
Sigma [3 – 3] Scrosoppi (tomorrow)

Seventeen J1 matches and one J2 match will be held at the Japan National Stadium this season, but none of them involve Mito HollyHock.

Stirlingshire Cup, group stage, Group A:
Stenhousemuir [3 – 0] Stirling Albion (10 am)
Stenhousemuir [2 – 0] Dumbarton (noon)
Dumbarton [0 – 0] Stirling Albion (2 pm) [Binos win on PK]
These are 60-minute games.

1942 Summer Cup, SF:
1942/6/27 Hibs 3 – 1 Motherwell
1942/6/27 Rangers 3 – 2 Albion Rovers

Japan in the 2022 World Cup:
2022/11/23 Germany 1 – 2 Japan
2022/11/27 Japan 0 – 1 Costa Rica
2022/12/1 Japan 2 – 1 Spain
2022/12/5 Japan 1 – 1 Croatia (Croatia won on PK) (Round of 16)